Chapter Eleven

Here’s your refined chapter with the edits se

"Aldric was a fierce hunter, bold and ambitious,” Ariel began. “But he wasn’t content with being just a man. He wanted more—strength, power, something that made him greater than all others. They say he called out to the Moon Goddess herself, demanding her gifts, but the Moon Goddess does not take kindly to arrogance. She cursed him instead. On the next full moon, he twisted into a rabid beast, losing all sense of self, and for a hundred years, he roamed the earth, mindless and wild. But he wasn’t alone for long.”

Ariel’s voice dropped slightly, as if recounting an old horror story. “Anyone he bit, anyone who survived his attacks… changed. They became like him. He turned a dozen—maybe more—until packs of his kind spread through the land. The world feared them, hated them. And the Moon Goddess, seeing what she had done, decided to intervene.”